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Few snowy drives will cause trouble for this Chevy and a set of good tires.
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While two-wheel-drive SUVs seem to have fallen out of favor, owners benefit throughout their ownership by dodging the complexity, up-front cost, and fuel mileage penalty of four-wheel drive. New tires and powder-coated steel wheels put the rolling gear in good shape for the new owner’s use. The trailering mirrors and 16″ (or possibly 16.5″) give this three-quarter ton Chevy a beefy look. Weathering on the roof could be easily touched up. What looks like Silverado trim on this Texas-sourced Suburban adds brightwork and other details to compliment the two-tone Grecian Bronze and Frost White paint. Though not perfect, the swap is sorted and the seller says this truck rides and drives “amazing.” The detailed listing here on eBay asks $14,450 for the solid-looking land schooner. Thanks to the efforts of some greasy Keebler Elves, it swallowed an early 2000’s powertrain in the form of an 8.1 L Vortec V8 and matching five-speed Allison automatic transmission. This 1975 Chevrolet Suburban C20 in Ottawa Lake, Michigan barely differs from today’s Suburban in its basic design and envelope. In 1975, shoppers comparing four-door, fully-enclosed, full-sized trucks had few options, and even fewer a year later when the International Harvester Travelall faded into the sunset. General Motors has produced a vehicle named “Suburban” in the format we describe today as an SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) since 1935.